My club is having a pool session here in Victoria this weekend. The last one, we had a number of very large women who had difficulty doing self rescue AND assisted rescues. Alas, they were told to definetly not solo paddle, and on group trips, stay within swimming distance of shore. Does anyone have any ideas. We tried the stirrup meathod, which gave the mid-range weighted ladies a "leg-up", but I hate to see the heavier ladies curtailed so much from paddling. This is a serious question, asked by the ladies themselves, so please, no super silly remarks, just some constructive advice. PS We have one large fellow who HAS upper body strength, and still is having difficulties. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 26 1999 - 18:16:03 PST
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